# 2007 in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 2007 in South Africa.

## Incumbents

* President: Thabo Mbeki.
* Deputy President: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
* Chief Justice: Pius Langa.

### Cabinet

The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.

### Provincial Premiers

* Eastern Cape Province: Nosimo Balindlela
* Free State Province: Beatrice Marshoff
* Gauteng Province: Mbhazima Shilowa
* KwaZulu-Natal Province: S'bu Ndebele
* Limpopo Province: Sello Moloto
* Mpumalanga Province: Thabang Makwetla
* North West Province: Edna Molewa
* Northern Cape Province: Elizabeth Dipuo Peters
* Western Cape Province: Ebrahim Rasool

## Events
### January

* 17 – South Africa is selected as the host of the sub-region's Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre. Included in the sub-region are Angola, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique and Namibia.

### February

* 6–8 – President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, visits South Africa.
* 23 – South African Courts dismiss charges against Simon Mann, former British Army officer, security expert and mercenary, and 7 other suspected mercenaries.
* A large-scale Community Survey is conducted in all provinces by Statistics South Africa.

### May

* 2 – A Zimbabwean court rules that Simon Mann, former British Army officer, security expert and mercenary, be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face charges of leading a failed coup d'état.

### September

* 10 – The National Prosecuting Authority obtains an arrest warrant for Jackie Selebi, president of Interpol and South Africa's National Police Commissioner.
* 14 – A search warrant is added to the arrest warrant for Jackie Selebi.
* 23 – Vusi Pikoli, Director of the National Prosecuting Authority, is suspended.

### November

* 5 – Tiny Makopo, dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, is arrested for the abuse at the academy of six girls aged 13–14 and one woman aged 23.
* 7 – Nationwide Airlines Flight 723 performs an emergency landing at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa, because the right-side engine detached from the aircraft. All 112 occupants survive.

### December

* 18 – Jacob Zuma is elected chairman of the African National Congress.

## Births

* 16 February – Stacey Fru, writer

## Deaths

* 4 January – Marais Viljoen, former State President. (b. 1915)
* 9 January – Elmer Symons, motorcyclist. (b. 1977)
* 18 March – Bob Woolmer, Proteas cricket coach from 1994 to 1999. (b. 1948)
* 11 July – William Flynn, actor and comedian, (b. 1948)
* 1 August – Ryan Cox, professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979)
* 10 September – Stanley Nadas, (b.1949)
* 18 October – Lucky Dube, reggae singer. (b. 1964)
* 20 November – Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia. (b. 1919)
* 22 November – Reg Park, British bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. (b. 1928)

## Sports
### Athletics

* 11 February – George Mofokeng wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:50 in Port Elizabeth.

### Rugby

* 20 October– South Africa defeats England 15–6 in the final to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup.